Moving On - Children of the Children of God

In one week from now (April 5, 2007), use of this web site will be subject to a terms of use agreement. As liability for the content of this web site rests with the owner, the guidelines below are to ensure that there is no illegal use of this site which would unfairly put the owner, administrators, editors and/or any participant at risk. Comments and questions are welcome.

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From Admin 12-03-2008 - The TOU was modified from the below initial first draft and after many hours of work between the admins and Oddman, who volunteered to help write this, the current version was published here. http://www.movingon.org/terms.asp

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References:

1. Royakkers, 3 Cal. Crim. L. Rev. 2 (Oct. 2000) http://www.boalt.org/bjcl/v3/v3royakkers.htm

2. The National Center for Victims of Crime. Cyber-Stalking http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbName=DocumentViewer&DocumentID=32458

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from Jules
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 16:18
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Just an update that we will give this another week, so the TOU will now go into effect on April 12, 2007.

Thanks.
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From Jules
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 20:57
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It's 11:54 my time and we're still not done with this. Not to be all IT department but I'm pushing this back again to April 16. (reply to this comment)

From Ne Oublie
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 23:44
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I think that in the interests of improved efficiency you need to submit a revised project plan, clearly outlining ownership of each part of the project, as well as the key deliverables and milestones.(reply to this comment)

From Jules
Friday, April 13, 2007, 00:38
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Absolutely--as soon as I get a budget from the client(s). (reply to this comment)

From Ne Oublie
Friday, April 13, 2007, 02:12
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Do you really think any client is going to approve budget without first inspecting the project plan?(reply to this comment)

From Jules
Friday, April 13, 2007, 03:05
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Not to be all Anna Nicole (may she rest in peace) but do you really think any project plan will be forthcoming without knowing there will be some sort of expenditure estimate?

Project Managers need salaries too. (reply to this comment)

From Nick
Friday, April 13, 2007, 13:39
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Poor poor Anna Nicole. She wont be able to rest in peace for a while.

My friend does hair at the club that used to dance at here in Houston so I was at the club when they had a min of silence for her and a champagne toast in her honor. I was surprised at how many older X entertainers came by and actually knew her. No one had anything bad to say about her... Just very fond memories.

Such a tragedy.
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From Ne Oublie
Friday, April 13, 2007, 05:55
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Don't I know Project Managers need salaries! Although, I figure they also need a proper job, while they're at it, but that's beside the point... speaking of which, where does Anna Nicole feature in all this - must be an Americas thing?

Anyhow, way too typical of a PM to expect budget before the plan - all sorts of metaphors spring to mind... a tamer one involving a horse and cart...(reply to this comment)
from Odd
Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 11:26
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What is the guideline when clause 1. (The full names of the parents or the family members of another user or yourself.) conflicts with clause 4. (In regards to first hand statements from victims of childhood abuse, MovingOn fully supports survivors in both naming their abusers and detailing the abuse.)

Being a rather small organization with a global population of no more than 20,000 odd members, it is very likely that outing a TF predator will be outing somebody elses parents. I think clause 1 should not apply to any instances where one is stating as fact, ones personal history as a victim, or stating as fact, history viewed first hand.

In the interests of every father, mother, babysitter, teacher, any person who may benefit from knowing the names and faces of child abusers, I support the freedom to announce publicly, the legal name, known traits, age, gender, and possible locations of any person who carries a history of child abuse. If they are confident that no such occurence took place and they are purely being slandered, they should come out from the woodpile and confront those alleging abuse. Duke it out in court. As long as they want to change names and hide in third world countries, they don't deserve privacy, and the public deserves to know. Granted, the children of the outed FGs may not be too happy about it, but issues regarding abuse is between perpetrator and victim alone. No matter how wonderful a parent he/she may have been or continue to be, to a victim, an abuser is an abuser is an abuser.
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From Jules
Thursday, March 29, 2007, 11:50
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I agree completely. Clause 1 was meant to refer to debates here and to prevent people from bringing family members or parents into personal disagreements in a way that would cause harm. We'll think about how to reword this.

This TOU statement has been a long time coming, but is also somewhat because for the first time in six years I was verbally threatened with a lawsuit. There is no merit to the claims and I am ignoring them, but it got me thinking. While I am quite willing to fight and defend principles I believe in with my last breath, (our rights to name abusers, to stand against abuse, to speak our own truths, to say what we know) I am not willing to put myself in harm's way for personal feuds or illegal activities.

Freedom of speech does have limitations and since I accept sole liability for whatever is written here, I think it is reasonable to ask for some consideration. (reply to this comment)

From Oddman
Saturday, March 31, 2007, 06:02
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Jules, I have some experience drafting contracts, SLAs, and terms and conditions. My experience has been solely with commercial agreements, so I don't know what clauses may not be applicable to a non-profit website. But I'd be happy to spend a few hours drafting something you could edit and run past someone with legal knowledge. (Seems to be an abundance of law students on this site. Ones that know more than me, them buggers.) Don't get me wrong, I think this one is great, but there's just a few things I thought should be added or reworded for the sake of clarity.

Respectfully, (reply to this comment)

From Jules
Saturday, March 31, 2007, 10:22
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Sure Oddie, that would be terrific. Thanks so much for the offer. You could email me the draft. (reply to this comment)

From Oddman
Sunday, April 01, 2007, 14:34
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Will do. Seeing that I'm quite inebriated at the moment, I'll get that done tomorrow. Admin@movingon.org is it?(reply to this comment)

From Oddman
Monday, April 02, 2007, 21:12
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I've emailed a draft to admin@movingon.org for lack of another addy. Hope that was alright. And I apologize in advance for it being rather long compared to yours.(reply to this comment)

From cheeks
Thursday, March 29, 2007, 11:48
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I agree I think the Lonnie Davis story is a perfect example of this. For all I know his kids may be here already but he still should be named.

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From Jules
Thursday, March 29, 2007, 12:06
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I agree. I named him on here. (reply to this comment)